{"id":1768,"date":"2011-11-17T23:40:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T04:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2011-11-17T23:40:16","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T04:40:16","slug":"what-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/11\/what-if.html","title":{"rendered":"What If?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two of the most\u00a0majestic words in the English language that can be used to create or destroy are ‘what if?’\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> We say them or at least, think them, over and over throughout our day. Unfortunately they are often self sabotaging and downright virulent. What if I fail the test, don’t get the job, experience unrequited love?\u00a0 I would rather turn it around and ask, “What if I pass the test, get hired for the job and allow for full rich loving relationships?”\u00a0\u00a0 What if today is the day when my dreams turn into reality? What if it really is all ok, as is, on life’s terms? To paraphrase Byron Katie, “If I argue with what is, I lose; but only all the time.”\u00a0 Pretty simple wisdom.<\/p>\n

Last night, my friend Sandy spoke about a book called What If It\u00a0All Goes Alright?,<\/em><\/strong> written by Mindy Audlin.\u00a0She created\u00a0 the book with a strengths based concept in mind. In the midst of life challenge, it is often difficult to pose that question, but pose it, we must if we want to live the life of our dreams and not our nightmares.<\/p>\n

I like to say that worry is\u00a0 waste of imagination, because the chattering monkey mind LOVES it and feeds on it, ad infinitum, with thoughts spinning out of control in the ‘shoulda would coulda’ realm.\u00a0 Sandy proposed the idea that\u00a0in addition to\u00a0What If\u00a0 Up<\/strong><\/em> that Mindy shares, she encourages people\u00a0to ask the question:\u00a0 “What if…Wow?!”\u00a0 , adding that extra zip to it. What if I have the life of my dreams?\u00a0 What if the partner, the home, job\/school flow into place?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I love that idea since I have an unlimited imagination….What if I get to choose my reality? What if everything I need is right here for me and all I\u00a0have to do is reach out and receive it?\u00a0 What if I am always at the right place at the right time for connecting with exactly who would most be of mutual benefit to meet?\u00a0 What if there are no limits to manna-festing the life of my dreams and desires? As I am typing these words, I can feel a rush of exhiliration and a resounding YES!\u00a0 bounding through me. I am convinced that the Universe has an intelligence that KNOWS the\u00a0path on which we are placed,\u00a0the trajectory on which we are headed\u00a0and what experiences would be to our greatest benefit.<\/p>\n

What are your wondrous what if wows?<\/p>\n

www.whatifup.com<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/ULVETVfZEWQ<\/a>\u00a0Mindy Audlin introduces us to What if up? \u00a0vs.\u00a0What if down?\u00a0<\/p>\n

http:\/\/youtu.be\/DuzK-1IJqxM<\/a>\u00a0and in musical form<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Two of the most\u00a0majestic words in the English language that can be used to create or destroy are ‘what if?’\u00a0 We say them or at least, think them, over and over throughout our day. Unfortunately they are often self sabotaging and downright virulent. 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